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ciliary body

noun

, Anatomy.
  1. the part of the tunic of the eye, between the choroid coat and the iris, consisting chiefly of the ciliary muscle and the ciliary processes.


ciliary body

noun

  1. the part of the vascular tunic of the eye that connects the choroid with the iris
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

The ideal operation, therefore, is to make an artificial pupil with the least amount of trauma to the ciliary body.

The fluid in the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye is secreted from the ciliary body by a process of modified filtration.

At the same time, if the incision be placed too far back the ciliary body is liable to prolapse into the wound.

The iris spatula is directed forwards and inserted between the sclerotic and the ciliary body, keeping close to the former.

It passes from the two free surfaces of the ciliary body into the posterior aqueous, and into the vitreous, chambers.

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